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June 17, 2021
A Few Good Elves Kickstarter is LIVE!
The Kickstarter for A Few Good Elves is live! You can back it for as little as a dollar, and there should be rewards for everyone — from the stories, to the ebook, to audio readings, to art, to the trade paperback or hardcover, to a complete collection of everything I’ve published or been published in that I can send to you. Check it out at the link below! And if you can’t back it at this time, but you want to support — don’t sweat it, I completely get it. Just remember, sharing and telling your friends is support, too, and all support is quite welcome.
Check out the A Few Good Elves Kickstarter Here!
New Post from the Toy Soldier Saga!
Check out the latest update in the Toy Soldier Saga!
Lieutenant
A Lieutenant is an officer who serves as an assistant to senior officers, or a commanding officer of a smaller craft, such as a messenger-picket, fighter craft, or a smaller warship on picket-duty.
http://www.worldanvil.com/w/toysoldiersaga/a/lieutenant-rank
June 16, 2021
New Post from the Toy Soldier Saga!
Check out the latest update in the Toy Soldier Saga!
Space Goats
http://www.worldanvil.com/w/toysoldiersaga/a/space-goats-species
June 7, 2021
It’s Happening! A Few Good Elves Kickstarter Coming Soon!
I’ve been talking about A Few Good Elves, the first novel in the Toy Soldier Saga, for a very long time, and if you’ve been following me, you might have reasonably given up hope that I was ever going to get it out. But, it’s finally happening! The Kickstarter to launch A Few Good Elves starts June 15; just a little over a week from now! Check out the Kickstarter video!
If you want be notified when the Kickstarter goes live, you’ll be able to get a collection of the Toy Soldier Saga stories, the ebook, the trade paperback or hardcover, art from the series, and a whole lot more.
New Post from the Toy Soldier Saga!
Check out the latest update in the Toy Soldier Saga!
A Few Good Elves
When elven Star-Pilot Shaundar Sunfall lied about his age to join the Avalonian Navy, he hoped to defend his people against their ancient enemies, the orcs. But he soon learns that war is no great adventure.
http://www.worldanvil.com/w/toysoldiersaga/a/a-few-good-elves-article
May 14, 2021
New Post from the Toy Soldier Saga!
Check out the latest update in the Toy Soldier Saga!
Koira
May 5, 2021
A New Post from the Wyrd West!
Welcome to the Wyrd West!
The Wyrd West is a post-apocalyptic Western Canada setting in which myth shapes reality. It’s perhaps best described as a blend of Weird Western and Fantasy Americana, with dashes of steampunk technology.
http://www.worldanvil.com/w/wyrdwest/a/welcome-to-the-wyrd-west-article
A New Post from the Wyrd West!
Desperado
While the Gunslingers channel holy powers, the Desperadoes profane those same gifts by turning them to sinister or selfish purposes.
May 4, 2021
A New Post from the Wyrd West!
The Wyrd West Chronicles
Check out all the published books in the Wyrd West Chronicles so far!
http://www.worldanvil.com/w/wyrdwest/a/the-wyrd-west-chronicles-article
April 30, 2021
Book Review – Rise: the Liminal Chronicles
Rise: The Liminal Chronicles by Amy Winters-Voss
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Imagine a world where all your favourite stuff about Japanese mythology, anime, and magic kung-fu movies come together with gritty urban fantasy in modern Japan. This is the world of the Liminal Chronicles. It’s a book I didn’t know I needed, but now I need more!
This is Winters-Voss’ debut novel, and independently published, so I admit, I started it with a bit of trepidation, even though I had agreed to review it. I hate giving negative reviews (even though you’ll see I have given several,) but I believe that my integrity is at stake if I am not honest. Worse yet, the author is part of my personal community, and it’s even worse when you have to tell someone you know and like that you might not like what they wrote.
My fears, I am happy to say, were totally unfounded. This was an amazing book! Winters-Voss’ prose is liquid and absorbing. She draws you into her world by engaging all the senses, and immediately makes you invested in the characters and their struggles. You are kept reading by a mystery to solve, and by the time it has unfolded, you are deeply emotionally invested. I found myself unable to put it down. I missed sleep, laughed, and cried. This is everything I want from a book.
Umeji is an ex-yakuza gangster, trying to build a new life in a new town. You learn that he was driven into it by necessity and poverty, but he is no angel; he does have a violent past, and there is blood on his hands. His desire to start over, however, is sincere, but it is made difficult by the fact that there is a lot of stigma in having been yakuza. A lot of people don’t want to give him a chance, especially when his former life becomes known in the small town he is trying to rebuild in.
The aunt of the person who is overseeing his parole learns that he was yakuza, and she makes it very, very clear that he is not welcome in her little town. Then something happens, a mystery is discovered, and the two are drawn together – and I really can’t be more specific without totally spoiling it for you, which I won’t do. We start out with something very grounded in the reality we know, and then slowly, supernatural elements are unfolded, until we are completely immersed in an enchanted world where anything seems possible.
I was deeply impressed by how beautifully human all the characters were, too –even the non-human ones.
I cannot recommend this book enough, and I am eagerly looking forward to the sequel!
I was given a free review e-copy in return for an honest review.
